Gents (and ladies).
Having a big bucket of sunshine sitting waiting is necessary, maybe not today and maybe not tomorrow......
maybe 50 years from now some nutter with a missing suitcase nuke is musing over a target list and does he pick:
A, countries with sunshine capability to return the favour with interest.
B, countries without sunshine that cannot strike back
or C, decides that taking such a big step is a step too far.
Yes we need Trident and its replacement. And yes we need a properly funded and equipped military. On a slight thread drift I are seeing lots more comments from the locals to pull out of the sandpits.....
How do we explain to them we either fight them over there or over here..?
Seems to me the spin doctors and treasury are orchestrating (sp) a rather god job of divide and conquer with the services. Don't let it happen to you, go on Hug a Crab